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Birch Lake is a lake 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Barnsdall, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Bartlesville[1] and 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Tulsa. The drainage area for Birch Lake is 66 square miles (170 km²). Its area covers 1,137 acres (4.60 km²) (conservation level).[2] The total capacity is: 52,800 acre-feet (65,100,000 m³), subdivided into: Conservation 15,800 acre-feet (19,500,000 m³), Flood control 39,000 acre-feet (48,000,000 m³), and Inactive storage 15,840 acre-feet (19,540,000 m³).[3]

Birch Lake
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Location	Osage County, Oklahoma
Coordinates	36.534212°N 96.162915°W / 36.534212; -96.162915
Primary inflows	Birch Creek (Oklahoma)
Primary outflows	Birch Creek (Oklahoma)
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	1,137 acres (460 ha)
Water volume	52,800 acre-feet (65,100,000 m3)
Shore length1	27 mi (43 km)
Surface elevation	695 ft (212 m)
Settlements	Barnsdall, Oklahoma
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

The lake is formed from Birch Creek, a tributary of Bird Creek.[2] It eventually empties into the Arkansas River. It is twenty miles (32 km) southwest of Bartlesville, Oklahoma.[4]

The lake has largemouth bass, walleye, spotted bass, smallmouth bass, hybrid striped bass, black and white crappie, channel and flathead catfish, and different types of sunfish.[4] The marine law enforcement branch of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Troop W, is headquartered at Birch Lake.[5]

References

External links

• Map of Birch Lake
• Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory

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